(M)IL and its kind

Albert K. Boekhorst
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Christopher And His Kind,

1929 - 1939
by Christopher Isherwood

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Content

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Access to information
Information Literacy
Related terms
Media and Information Literacy

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To survive, relax, develop etc.

People, organisations and
nations need knowledge
on:

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Themselves
Their physical environment
Their social environment

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Information Space

Observation: objects & processes

Conversation: persons
Consultation:

Stored / recorded information in

Libraries, Archives, Museums, Information

institutes etc.
memory institutions
Both real and virtual
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Personal information space

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Barriers

Economic
Political
Affective
Cognitive

Personal characteristics

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Survival of the Fittest

Those who are better than others capable to satisfy their
information needs in an effective and efficient way, are
more capable to survive and develop themselves than
those with less advantageous traits ...
After Charles Darwin
"...it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the
most intelligent, but the one most responsive to
change...
Therefore a need to be Information Literate

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Informatisation process

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Ongoing control over natural forces

technization
Ongoing differentiation: social and technical
differentiation
Expanding of interdependency networks
globalisation

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Effects for people

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Exponential growth of information,

information media, information channels and
information services
Growth of technology, tools and applications
to retrieve, process and disseminate
information
Changes in communication patterns and
behaviour
Connected 24/7
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21st century

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Working In the Cloud

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In how many clouds?

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Need to be able to work time, place and

hard/software
independed
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Information literacy

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Increasing complexity of environment leads

to need for more skills to select, retrieve and
process information
External factors create backlog

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First time mentioned

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Paul Zurkowski was the originator of the term

"information literacy". He first used it in 1974
in a proposal to the US National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science. At the
time he coined the term he was president of
the Information Industry Association.

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People trained in the application of

information resources to their work can be
called information literates. They have
learned techniques and skills for utilizing the
wide range of information tools as well as
primary range of information tools as well as
primary resources in molding informationsolutions to their problems
(Zurkowski 1974, p.6).
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American Library Association

(1989)

Information literacy is a set of abilities

requiring individuals to recognize when
information is needed and have the ability to
locate, evaluate, and use effectively the
needed information

In an ethical way

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Further

2003 Prague Declaration

2005 Alexandria Declaration

Beacons of the Information Society

2012 UNESCO / IFLA Recommendation

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"Towards an Information Literate Society" and

Information Society

Dilemma IL or MIL

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Involvement

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former Advisory Council for Librarianship and

Information Services
Informatievaardigheden in het onderwijs /
Den Haag : RABIN 1993
ISBN: 9072278232
Informatievaardig / Information proficient
Informatievaardigheden / Information Literacy
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Aspects
1.

2.
3.
4.
5.

6.

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Recognition information need

Translation information need into query
Identification suitable information source
Application knowledge of relevant ICT
Selection, integration, dissemination of found
information.
Continuous evaluation

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Process
E5
1

recognize
information
need

formulate
information
query

knowledge
information
sources

knowledge
of ICT
appliations

selection
intergration
dissemination

E1

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= knowledge product

E2

E1

E3

E4

= evaluation moment

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SCONUL 7 pillars of information literacy

Recognise information need

Distinguish ways of addressing gap
Construct strategies for locating

&

Locate and access

IT Skills

Compare and evaluate

Information Literacy

Basic
Library
Skills

Organise, apply and communicate

Synthesise and create

http://www.sconul.ac.uk/
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Related terms
Information
competencies
User
education

User training

Information
literacy

Bibliographic
instruction

Information
fluency

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Library
orientation

Information
skills

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Harris & Hodges (1995)

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Adult literacy
Advanced literacy
Basic literacy
Biliteracy
Community literacy
Computer literacy
Critical literacy
Cultural literacy
Emergent literacy
Family literacy

Functional literacy
Informational literacy
Marginal literacy
Media literacy
Minimal literacy
Restricted literacy
Survival literacy
Visual literacy
Workplace literacy

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More

Tool literacy,
Resource literacy,
Social-structural literacy,
Research literacy,
Publishing literacy,
Emerging technology literacy,
Critical literacy.

Shapiro, & Hughes,1996

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Recently found

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Civic Literacy
News Literacy
Information Fluency
Health information Literacy
Emergent Literacy
Transliteracy
Copyright Literacy
Century Skills
21st Century Information Fluency
Augmented Reality Literate
Visual Literacy
Mobile Information Literacy
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Dutch Council for Culture

1996: Advice media education

HITS

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Media Wisdom

Mediawijsheid
41.400
Informatievaardigheden 10.800
Google Chrome 23-6-2012

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IL and Media Literacy

Expert meetings UNESCO

Paris June 2008

Bangkok November 2010

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Teacher Training Curricula for Media and

information Literacy
Towards Media and Information Literacy Indicators

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Definition

Media literacy is a repertoire of competences

that enable people to analyze, evaluate, and
create messages in a wide variety of media
modes, genres, and forms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy

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Hits

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Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Media and Information Literacy
Google Chrome 23-6-2012

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299.000
218.000
6.850

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Umbrella concept
Information
Literacy
User
education

Bibliographic
instruction

User training

Information
competencies

Information
fluency

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Library
orientation

Information
skills

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Umbrella concept

MIL
User
education

Bibliographic
instruction

User training

Information
competencies

Information
fluency

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Library
orientation

Information
skills

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So far MIL

Is a container concept
Its a dynamic concept
Being MIL is a competence:
a critical Attitude about:

What am I doing?
What for am I doing this?
With what am I doing this?

Knowledge about:

the organization and quality of information resources and channels

acquiring access to information

Skills: being able to use required skills and

technology
Part of Life Long Learning

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Information Rich - Poor

person
rich
A

rich

poor
B

poor

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environment

A = Information Rich person in Information Rich environment

B = Information Poor person in Information Poor environment
C = Information Rich person in Information Poor environment
D = Information Poor person in Information Rich environment

EMMILE - Milan - 2012

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